Roasting-pan.



PATENTED AUG. 18. 1903.-

E. H. MOORE ROASTING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. 1903.

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Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN H. MOORE, OF REW CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROASTlNG-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,863, dated August 18, 1903.

Application filed March 31,1903.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWIN I-I. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rew City, in the-county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roasting-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in roasting-pans; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character by means of which meats, and particularly fowls, may be so roasted as to retain the juices.

A further object is to provide means whereby the article to be cooked can be eiiectually basted in a more thorough and convenient manner than by the usual method of applying the juices with a spoon or similar article.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing the po- Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the device. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the connecting strips of the cage. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the key employed for rotating the cage. key. cage-sections. of the ends of said cage with the connectingstrips detached.

Fig. 6 is an end view of the and 3 are provided with openings 4:. The cover is adapted to be secured to the bottom Fig. 7 is an end elevation of one of the i Fig. 8 is an elevation of one 1 Fig. 9 is a sect-ion through the adjoining edges of the two sections of a Serial No. 150,497. (No model.)

1 in any suitable manner, as by means of hooks 5 or other fastening devices. Arranged within the receptacle is a cage of novel construction comprising heads 6, each of which is formed of two similar sections and has a projecting lug 7, adapted to be seated in a recess 8, formed opposite thereto in the adjoining section. By means of these lugs the two sections of each head may be held together against lateral movement in relation to each other. A semicylindrical stem 9 extends from the center of the straight edge of each section of the heads, and the two stems of each head form a cylindrical hearing which is adapted to extend through the apertures 4 adjacent thereto. Oneof these bearings has a rectangular portion, as shown at 10, which projects into a rectangular recess 11, formed within a key 12, and said key has a grooved collar 13 thereon, which engages the edges of the aperture 4 adjacent thereto and serves to retain the key in position. WVings 14 extendfrom the key, so as to permit the same to be readily grasped when it is desired to turn it. A series of V-shaped recesses 15 are formed within the outer end face of each head 6 and extend inward from the periphery thereof. These recesses are adapted to receive tapered ends 16, which are formed integral with crossstrips 17 and at right angles thereto. An inclined connecting portion 18 is interposed between each end 16- and its cross-strip 17 and is formed integral therewith. The ends'16 are adapted to be secured in their respective recesses 15 in any suitable manner, as by means. of rivets 19,.

When it is desired to use the device herein described, the article to be roasted is placed within one of the two sections comprising the cage, and the lugs 7 are inserted into their respective recesses 8, so as to hold the two sections in proper-relation to each other. This will bring the projecting stems 9 in alinement with each other, and they can then be locked together by placing rings 20 thereon, and these rings also serve the purposes of stops for holding the bearings formed by the stems in proper position within the apertures at in the ends of the casing. Before said bearings are placed within the apertures the key 12 is placed in position upon the rectangular extension 10, and the grooved collar 13 is arranged within one of the apertures. The

cover 3 is then placed in position, and the cage can be readily rotated by means of the wings 14 of key 12. The walls of the bottom section of the pan will, as is obvious, support the cage within the bottom thereof and permit of the same being freely rotated. As is well known,

during the process of roasting the upper portion of the meat is browned first, and the juices have a tendency to collect at the bottom, and as a result the meat is cooked unevenly. By the use of this invention, however, it is only necessary to turn the key at intervals, and the position of the article to be roasted is thus reversed.

It will be seen from the above description that the sections of the revoluble cage can be readily assembled and that by inclosing said cage within the casing formed by the two sections 1 and 3 the steam will be prevented from escape and the meat-juice from evaporation.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that -modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. I11 a device of the character described, the combination with a casing having apertures in the ends thereof; of a revoluble cage therein formed of similar sections and each section comprising semicircular heads having recesses in their outer faces, lugs upon said sections for locking the same together, connecting-strips having ends bent at angles thereto and secured within the recesses, a key revolubly mounted within one of the apertures in the casing, bearings integral with the heads and mounted within the apertures in the casing, one of said bearings projecting into and being revoluble with the key, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of the key within the casing.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a casing having apertures. in the ends thereof of a revoluble cage therein formed of similar sections, each section comprising semicircular heads having recesses in their end faces, lugs upon said sections for locking the same together, connecting-strips having ends bent at angles thereto and secured within the recesses, a key revolubly mounted within one of theapertures in the casing, and formed with a groove to receive the edge of the aperture, bearings integral with the heads and mounted within the apertures in the casing, one of said bearings projecting into and being revoluble with the key.

3; In a device of the character described, the combination with a casing having apertures in the ends thereof; of a revoluble cage therein formed of similar sections, each section comprising semicircular heads having recesses in their end faces, lugs upon said sections for locking the same together, connecting-strips having ends bent at angles thereto and secured within the recesses, a key revolubly mounted within one of the apertures in the casing, bearings integral with the heads and mounted within the apertures in the casing, and a ring on the bearings within the casing one of said bearings projecting into and revoluble With the key and means to prevent longitudinal movement of the key.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN H. MOORE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES T. EVANS, DANIEL W. HEALY. 

